What Eats Ticks? Study Puts an Old Technique to New Use

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A new study uses stable isotope labeling to mark tick nymphs and detect if they've been consumed by soil predators such as spiders, beetles, centipedes, and mites. Interactions between ticks and soil arthropods aren't well understood, and the study marks the first known use of isotope labeling to identify tick predators. [Read more]

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